Books and Journals in Print
Major Legal Titles
Locations: Reading Room & Reserves are upstairs; California Room & Stacks are downstairs. Details are on our Floor Plan.
| Description | Location | Call Number |
|---|---|---|
| ALRs (Fed, etc.) | Stacks | KF 132 |
| Am. Jur. (American Jurisprudence) | Reading Room | KF 154 |
| Bar journals | Stacks | K 1 - 30 |
| Bender (practice guides) | Stacks | KFC (varies) |
| The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation | Reading Room | KF 245 .U55 |
| Cal. Jur. (California Jurisprudence) | Stacks | KFC 80 |
| California Forms of Pleading & Practice | Stacks | KFC 1010 |
| California reporters | Stacks | KFC 45-57 |
| California Style Manual ("The Yellow Book") | Stacks | KFC 75 |
| CEB (practice guides) These are mostly online. | Stacks | KFC (varies) |
| Chicago Manual of Style | Stacks | Z 253 U69 |
| CJS (Corpus Juris Secundum) | Reading Room | KF 154.C |
| Comparative materials | Stacks | K |
| Daily Journal (Los Angeles Daily Journal & Appellate Report) | Reading Room | KFC 47 .L67 |
| Deering’s CA Codes | Stacks | KFC 30.5 |
| Dictionaries (general) | Stacks | PE |
| Dictionaries (legal) | Reading Room | KF 156 |
| Foreign (non-US) | Stacks | Varies |
| International materials | Stacks | KZ |
| Journals (law reviews) | Stacks | K 1 – 33 |
| Non-legal materials | Stacks | A – J & L – Z |
| Reporters and digests | Stacks & California Room | KF 105–135 |
| Restatements & US Federal—Secondary | Reading Room | KF 395-9900 |
| Rutter (CA practice guides) | Stacks | KFC (varies) |
| State statutes (other 9th Cir. states, plus DE, IL, MA, NY, TX) | Stacks | KFA – KFW |
| Treatises – US & Multistate See also: Legal Treatises | Reading Room | Varies |
| “Treatises” See also: Study Aids or Hornbooks | Reserves & Reading Room | Varies |
| USC / USCA / USCS (United States codes) | Stacks | KF 62 & 62.5 |
| USCCAN / US Statutes at Large / US Reports | Stacks | KF 48 – 101 |
| West’s CA Codes | Stacks | KFC 30.5 |
| Witkin Summary of California Law See also: Treatises - California | Stacks | KFC 80 W5 |
Call Number Guide
If you'd like to see what we have in print, you can browse subject areas on our shelves at the call numbers below. If you're also interested in online resources, we highlight both online and print titles in our Guide to Major Legal Treatises.
U.S. Legal Subjects
Most United States secondary materials are in the Reading Room upstairs.
KF 240- Legal research; Legal writing
KF 261- Legal education; Legal profession
KF 305- Legal ethics; Legal practice
KF 379- Jurisprudence; Philosophy; Legal reform
KF 425 Statutory interpretation
KF 501- Family law
KF 560- Real property
KF 726- Trusts; Estates
KF 801- Contracts
KF 1246- Torts
KF 1341- Corporations & related concepts
KF 1501- Bankruptcy
KF 1600- Trade regulation; Consumer protection
KF 1631- Antitrust
KF 2971- Intellectual property
KF 3301- Labor; Welfare
KF 3775- Environmental law
KF 4101- Education
KF 4501- Constitutional law
KF 4801- Immigration law
KF 5401- Administrative law
KF 6200- Tax
KF 7201- National defense
KF 8201- Native groups
KF 8700- Courts. Civil procedure
KF 9201- Criminal law
KF 9601- Criminal procedure
KF 9771- Juvenile criminal law
California Legal Subjects
California secondary materials are in the Stacks downstairs.
KFC 74- Legal research
KFC 76- Professional responsibility
KFC 115- Family law
KFC 138- Property
KFC 290- Insurance
KFC 310- Torts
KFC 340- Corporations
KFC 365- Bankruptcy
KFC 555- Labor & Employment
KFC 610- Environmental law
KFC 860- Tax
KFC 990- Civil procedure
KFC 1155- Criminal law
Other Legal Subjects *
Most foreign, international, and comparative legal materials are in the Stacks downstairs.
K 201- Jurisprudence; Philosophy & theory
K 520- Comparative law; Int'l uniform law
K 3240- Human rights
KGF 1- Mexico
KJE 901- European Union
KNQ 1- China
KPA 1- South Korea
KZ 2- International law (includes treaties)
KZ 6471- International humanitarian law
KZA 1002- Law of the Sea
KZD 1002- Space Law
*We recommend checking a research guide or searching our catalog if you're looking for foreign or international materials in print, because sometimes related books are not shelved together.